Jamie Skinner

Mothers’ Instinct – Review

Release Date – 29th March 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 34 minutes, Director – Benoît Delhomme After the death of her own son (Baylen D. Bielitz), Celine’s (Anne Hathaway) relationship with best friend and neighbour Alice (Jessica Chastain) becomes fractious amongst feelings of grief, guilt and paranoia It would be so easyContinue reading “Mothers’ Instinct – Review”

Immaculate – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – Michael Mohan Shortly after arriving at an Italian convent Sister Cecelia (Sydney Sweeney) is revealed to be pregnant, could she be carrying the returning messiah? The final stages of Immaculate fly by with a mixture of potential influences. The lashings of crimson blood ofContinue reading “Immaculate – Review”

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director- Gil Kenan When an ancient ghost threatens to bring the world into a new ice age generations of Ghostbusters must team up to defeat it The Ghostbusters have typically been a team of four, with, as with any classic quartet, a changing potential fifth member.Continue reading “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Review”

Drive-Away Dolls – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 24 minutes, Director – Ethan Coen Escaping their lives for a road trip to Tallahassee, friends Jamie (Margaret Qualley) and Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) are mistakenly given a car containing criminal belongings. With the Coen Brothers having gone their separate ways, although it seems only briefly with a horrorContinue reading “Drive-Away Dolls – Review”

Monster – Review

Release Date – 15th March 2024 Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 7 minutes, Director – Hirokazu Kore-eda When her son (Soya Kurokawa) begins to hold himself back, single mother (Sakura Ando) demands answers from his school, where he claims a teacher (Eita Nagayama) is abusing him. We’ve already witnessed about half of theContinue reading “Monster – Review”

Oscars 2024 – What I’d Vote For

As we approach the 96th Academy Awards, and with my own predictions now in place (at least as they stood at time of writing them), now arrives my personal picks from the nominees in each category. In some cases, again, probably picking the favourite to win and in others going for what many view asContinue reading “Oscars 2024 – What I’d Vote For”

Oscar Predictions 2024

While it seems that one film might be ready to sweep a number of categories at this year’s Oscars there are a good deal of races which seem very close. An almost unpredictable race certainly brings about a bit of excitement to the sometimes predictable nature of awards season, and certainly there appear to beContinue reading “Oscar Predictions 2024”

Imaginary – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Director – Jeff Wadlow Writer and illustrator Jessica (DeWanda Wise) gets inspiration from her youngest step-daughter Alice’s (Pyper Braun) relationship with imaginary friend Chauncey, however Chauncey may be more real than anyone thinks, especially in Jessica’s past. Over the last year or two a number ofContinue reading “Imaginary – Review”

What Will Win Best Picture? 2024

For many people the 2024 Best Picture race for many has been leading to a certain winner for a number of weeks, even before awards season properly arrived. However, the Academy has been known to take a left turn sometimes with their eventual choices, and with the preferential ballot system, and the increasingly diverse faceContinue reading “What Will Win Best Picture? 2024”

Lisa Frankenstein – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 41 minutes, Director – Zelda Williams Lisa (Kathryn Newton) finds herself at a distance with everyone around her, however the person who might help her in romance happens to be a reanimated corpse (Cole Sprouse) Lisa Frankenstein feels like the brainchild of someone who grew up on TheContinue reading “Lisa Frankenstein – Review”